Pre-exam discussion - Irish - all levels

spurious

Irish (FL, OL and HL)
Thursday June 6th 2013

All discussion and questions about the Irish papers go here, following the exam.

Good luck all.

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CathalRyano

I'm screwed, basically. Got a C in the mock but really can't see myself getting that again. D most likely.

Lost In Confusion

really badly want an a think ill end up with a b hate listening

Cr4pSnip3r

Is anyone else doing ordinary? Higher is just too hard.

Lost In Confusion

I was gonna but then after easter, I started getting straight A's from C's and I wanted a challenge :P I'm dropping it all together next year

Mary A

im from London and I have no idea why im doing hl irish or even doing irish xD

spurious

Mary A wrote: »

im from London and I have no idea why im doing hl irish or even doing irish xD

The HL class in our school is almost all 'non-Irish'. Many of them don't even have to do it, but their parents wanted them to fit in.

Lost In Confusion

spurious wrote: »

The HL class in our school is almost all 'non-Irish'. Many of them don't even have to do it, but their parents wanted them to fit in.

lol i'm not irish and my parents were like HL irish will screw you up in 5th year drop it :P So yea they're totally right. Why fit in when you can do better subjects get higher points and then get into a good college.... and become rich :P Everyone would want to fit in with you after

DottiSka

As my fellow students say we're not Pass, we're Ordinary! x3
Yeah I'm doing Ordinary Level Irish, it's very easy. Such a dramatic difference between the two levels.

Mary A

spurious wrote: »

The HL class in our school is almost all 'non-Irish'. Many of them don't even have to do it, but their parents wanted them to fit in.[/QUO
lol its just me and this other girl molly were bhot from London she does lower irish

and some who are irish and don't even do it ,, my parents made me do it -.-

Cr4pSnip3r

DottiSka wrote: »

As my fellow students say we're not Pass, we're Ordinary! x3
Yeah I'm doing Ordinary Level Irish, it's very easy. Such a dramatic difference between the two levels.

I don't know what to do... it's tomorrow but I'm not sure what to do at all.

DottiSka

Cr4pSnip3r wrote: »

I don't know what to do... it's tomorrow but I'm not sure what to do at all.

I'm just hoping for the best.~
I've a feeling that I'll end up doing the Alt/Cuntas instead of the letter this year.

Also, you should focus mainly on the postcard, letter and the blog. I don't know, but they seem the most important. (OL)

Lost In Confusion

DottiSka wrote: »

I'm just hoping for the best.~
I've a feeling that I'll end up doing the Alt/Cuntas instead of the letter this year.

you guys make me which i did ordinary, have fun while i go learn a story and learn of my short story and poem sorry and a letter and then waited to be screwed up in listening and comprehensions oh and grammar and all the unseen :P

Stooped

I'm doing higher and I am going to do dreadful.

DottiSka

Lost In Confusion wrote: »

you guys make me which i did ordinary, have fun while i go learn a story and learn of my short story and poem sorry and a letter and then waited to be screwed up in listening and comprehensions oh and grammar and all the unseen :P

*shivers* @_@;

Mary A

come to think of it its not gonna be at hard I know my letter , my pros , my story , my grammar and all that and I have really gd irirsh teacher and I got grinds for the whole year so bring it on irish :P

Cr4pSnip3r

DottiSka wrote: »

I'm just hoping for the best.~
I've a feeling that I'll end up doing the Alt/Cuntas instead of the letter this year.

Also, you should focus mainly on the postcard, letter and the blog. I don't know, but they seem the most important. (OL)

Yeah, seems like that. Do you have any vocab lists? I'd love some.

DottiSka

Cr4pSnip3r wrote: »

Yeah, seems like that. Do you have any vocab lists? I'd love some.

I'll have rummage around~

Cr4pSnip3r

DottiSka wrote: »

I'll have rummage around~

Thanking you.

Lost In Confusion

Mary A wrote: »

come to think of it its not gonna be at hard I know my letter , my pros , my story , my grammar and all that and I have really gd irirsh teacher and I got grinds for the whole year so bring it on irish :P

for me i learn an irish story and forget it the next day so yea... and my irish teacher hates me even though i get a's in all class tests... i really want an a but i lost my amazing summary of an gadai i lost it this morning can you believe that?

DublinArnie

Anyone care to share a list of handy irish phrases?

Grian1

Does anyone here go to a Gaelscoil besides me?
I LOVE Irish. It's so easy!

Stooped

Lost In Confusion wrote: »

for me i learn an irish story and forget it the next day so yea... and my irish teacher hates me even though i get a's in all class tests... i really want an a but i lost my amazing summary of an gadai i lost it this morning can you believe that?

To learn the prose and the poem answers I just learn the English and then dumb the Irish down to my standard.

Stooped

Grian1 wrote: »

Does anyone here go to a Gaelscoil besides me?
I LOVE Irish. It's so easy!

No...it's just you:pac:

Mary A

Lost In Confusion wrote: »

for me i learn an irish story and forget it the next day so yea... and my irish teacher hates me even though i get a's in all class tests... i really want an a but i lost my amazing summary of an gadai i lost it this morning can you believe that?

the irish teacher hates when a student so good that irish same with mine she hates this girl kate cause so good gd at it and shes always challenging her in school sometimes its entertainment for us :'D , im doing an gadai too and for filiocht an tozon

Lost In Confusion

Mary A wrote: »

the irish teacher hates when a student so good that irish same with mine she hates this girl kate cause so good gd at it and shes always challenging her in school sometimes its entertainment for us :'D , im doing an gadai too and for filiocht an tozon

oh good we can talk about an gadai :P lol im doing an blascaod mor anois.... Everything that came up in mocks english came up in today like the comprehension was the same :O 10,15,15 and a review came up! two ads came up and there was no pictures in the personal writing.... coincidence? I think not

Mary A

Lost In Confusion wrote: »

oh good we can talk about an gadai :P lol im doing an blascaod mor anois.... Everything that came up in mocks english came up in today like the comprehension was the same :O 10,15,15 and a review came up! two ads came up and there was no pictures in the personal writing.... coincidence? I think not

ya suree I have some really good notes on an gadai anywhooo really lucky duck :P , everything was new for me :;O

Lost In Confusion

DublinArnie wrote: »

Anyone care to share a list of handy irish phrases?

i have soooo many give me the topic you want and ill give them

greenpyjamas

I keep forgetting that 40% of our Irish is done! It makes me grin when I remember!

Stooped

I'm doing An Cnagaire for the Irish because you can put in a lot of themes into that and I might do An Gadaí or An tAdh for the pros.

Lost In Confusion

Mary A wrote: »

ya suree I have some really good notes on an gadai anywhooo really lucky duck :P , everything was new for me :;O

lol lucky for me i did the mocks like last week cause i bought them and i was too lazy to do them :P The character question in drama was the best think i wrote 3 and a half pages im so happy and same i have good notes on an gadai but i lost my essay that summarized it and i got 15/15 in

Cr4pSnip3r

I found an old thing from primary school with a list of common verbs from all tenses

Sophia Byrne

I'm doing HL and absolutely dreading Paper 2. Ive really struggled with the poetry and did terribly in Paper 2 in the mocks. Paper 1 should be okay.
Good luck everyone!

CillianScott

DottiSka wrote: »

As my fellow students say we're not Pass, we're Ordinary! x3
Yeah I'm doing Ordinary Level Irish, it's very easy. Such a dramatic difference between the two levels.

Well considering that a D in higher is an American in ordinary I think that the difference fitting.

Mary A

Lost In Confusion wrote: »

lol lucky for me i did the mocks like last week cause i bought them and i was too lazy to do them :P The character question in drama was the best think i wrote 3 and a half pages im so happy and same i have good notes on an gadai but i lost my essay that summarized it and i got 15/15 in

you seem so smart , jeal :P , wow thaats really good my best was probably my speech I wrote it was amazin about the talent show thing soo yeahh :cool:

sotisme

Anyone know how to say:

She invited me and about twenty or thirty other teenagers

??

Thug sí cuireadh dom agus do thart ar fiche nó tríocha gasúir eile

It doesn't sound right

Lost In Confusion

Mary A wrote: »

you seem so smart , jeal :P , wow thaats really good my best was probably my speech I wrote it was amazin about the talent show thing soo yeahh :cool:

i hate speeches, so i always avoid them i was looking forward for a report to come but i had fun doing the review... the pianist in the restaurant i went to was drunk and attacked my mother on her birthday, the steak i got was under cooked and cold in the middle and there was blood dripping, when i asked for a new one she glared at me saying thats the best we have and then when we were leaving my mother got her heel stuck on chewing gum.... Best complaint ever :P I'm so glad I actually practiced exam papers like a month ago :P I didn't do the timing scheme our teachers gave us :P those time tables are a load of bull everyone works at different speeds and all that you know :P I so badly want an A, I'm gonna pray day and night :P

DottiSka

Ordinary Level Vocab bleh;

Excellent
Go hiontach.
Ar feabhas.
Thar cionn.
An-mhaith.
Tharr barr.

Bad
Go halc.
Go dona.
Go húafásach.

Atmosphere
Bhí atmaisféar leictrach ann. - The atmosphere was electric.
Bhí gach duine ag canadh. - Everyone was singing.

Food (Bia) ... yum
Bhí an bia-bhlasta. - The food was tasty.
D'ith mé sceallóga. - I ate chips, lol.
Borgair. - Burger.

Weather
Bhí an ghrian ag scoilteadh na gcloch. - The sun was splitting the rocks.
Bhí an aimsir thar cionn.

Bhuail mé le - I met
Bhuail mé - I hit!

Seo chugainn - next week
Treádlia - Vet
X-ghá - X-ray
Bindealán - Bandage
Otharcharr - Ambulance
Na Seirbhisí Eigeandála - Emergency Service (Big reward for remembering this easy word.)
Trasna an bóthar - Across the road.
Go tobann - Suddenly.
Nuair - When.
Ospidéal - Hospital.
Amach - Out.
Gloach - Rang. I rang - Gloach mé.
Gadaí - Robber.
Gardaí - Police.
Sásta - Happy.
Timpiste - Accident.
Ar faíl - Available.
Ar díol - For sale.
Raibh - Before.
Tar éis - After. Tar éis an tamaill - After a while.
Ionad siopadoireachta - Shopping Centre.

Fan go gcloisfidh tú me nuacht! - Wait until you hear my news! (Great easy start, fit for anything.)

Hope this helps some of ye Ordinary folk out there.

Mary A

Lost In Confusion wrote: »

i hate speeches, so i always avoid them i was looking forward for a report to come but i had fun doing the review... the pianist in the restaurant i went to was drunk and attacked my mother on her birthday, the steak i got was under cooked and cold in the middle and there was blood dripping, when i asked for a new one she glared at me saying thats the best we have and then when we were leaving my mother got her heel stuck on chewing gum.... Best complaint ever :P I'm so glad I actually practiced exam papers like a month ago :P I didn't do the timing scheme our teachers gave us :P those time tables are a load of bull everyone works at different speeds and all that you know :P I so badly want an A, I'm gonna pray day and night :P

class review , that's gd , same I didn't look that time , my timing was all over the place :P , same I really want an a , I think I should start praying to

Cr4pSnip3r

DottiSka wrote: »

-snip-

Yer a star

Lost In Confusion

Mary A wrote: »

class review , that's gd , same I didn't look that time , my timing was all over the place :P , same I really want an a , I think I should start praying to

i think i sort of was careless on paper 2 i got bored towards the end and just wanted to finish, I hope we both get A's then we can come on here and virtually celebrate

Mary A

Lost In Confusion wrote: »

i think i sort of was careless on paper 2 i got bored towards the end and just wanted to finish, I hope we both get A's then we can come on here and virtually celebrate

awhh yhh xD :P , the supervisior goes 30 mins left and I haven't even started the novel question yet the way I was writing so fast ugh my hands hurt really badly

Cr4pSnip3r

Mary A wrote: »

awhh yhh xD :P , the supervisior goes 30 mins left and I haven't even started the novel question yet the way I was writing so fast ugh my hands hurt really badly

Novel question? Do you mean all of the fiction or just the fiction Q2?

DublinArnie

Mary A wrote: »

awhh yhh xD :P , the supervisior goes 30 mins left and I haven't even started the novel question yet the way I was writing so fast ugh my hands hurt really badly

I thought I had 15mins left and I was on studied poetry ....

Lost In Confusion

Mary A wrote: »

awhh yhh xD :P , the supervisior goes 30 mins left and I haven't even started the novel question yet the way I was writing so fast ugh my hands hurt really badly

whenever she said five minutes left... that was the fastest i ever wrote in my entire lifetime.

Mary A

Cr4pSnip3r wrote: »

Novel question? Do you mean all of the fiction or just the fiction Q2?

the one we've studied to kill a mockingbird

Cr4pSnip3r

Just noticed this is the Irish thread. Enough about English :P!!!

ajguy97

is modh conniolodh :L idk (how to spell) definitely coming up ?

greenpyjamas

Cr4pSnip3r wrote: »

Just noticed this is the Irish thread. Enough about English :P!!!

I got confused haha I thought this was the English thread too!

greenpyjamas

ajguy97 wrote: »

is modh conniolodh :L idk (how to spell) definitely coming up ?

We have no clue what is 'definitely' coming up but there is a fair chance that it could.

DublinArnie

greenpyjamas wrote: »

I got confused haha I thought this was the English thread too!

I'm trying to keep the Junior Cert forum organised . You guys are lucky I can't move posts ..!